Eleven coalition members were killed Thursday, to include seven American troops, when a International Security Assistance Force helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, military officials said.

Three members of the Afghan national security forces, plus an Afghan civilian interpreter were also killed in the crash, NATO officials said.

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